1950–51 Yorkshire Cup

April 2022 1950–51 Yorkshire Cup Regional knockout championship Huddersfield Winners Castleford 1949–50 Yorkshire Cup 1949–50 1951–52 Yorkshire Cup 1951–52 16 1950–51 was the forty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Huddersfield won the trophy by beating Castleford by the score of 16–3 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 28,610 and receipts were £5,152 Background This season, junior/amateur clubs Yorkshire Amateurs were again invited to take part and the number of clubs who entered remained at the same as last season's total number of sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round. The competition again followed the original formula of a knock-out tournament, with the exception of the first round which was still played on a two-legged home and away basis. Competition and results Rugby League Project http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/yorkshire-cup/results.html Jack Winstanley & Malcolm Ryding John Player Yearbook 1975-76 1991 Queen Anne Press Round 1 – first leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Sat 2 Sep 1950Featherstone Rovers7–20LeedsPost Office Road2Sat 2 Sep 1950Hull Kingston Rovers9–0BatleyCraven Park (1)3Sat 2 Sep 1950Keighley9–14CastlefordLawkholme Lane4Sat 2 Sep 1950Yorkshire Amateurs2–35HunsletHeadingleyYorksAm Yorkshire Amateurs were a team from Yorkshire which appeared to have players selected from many both professional and amateur clubs - Yorkshire Amateurs played on many grounds, this year the home leg was played at Headingley, the ground of Leeds5Sat 2 Sep 1950Wakefield Trinity43–4YorkBelle Vue6Sat 2 Sep 1950Dewsbury14–2HullCrown FlattHULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/19507Sat 2 Sep 1950Halifax5–5Bradford NorthernThrum Hall8Sat 2 Sep 1950Bramley22–21HuddersfieldBarley Mow Round 1 – second leg Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs All first round ties are played on a two-legged home and away basis Game NoFixture dateHome team ScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 4 Sep 1950Leeds20–9Featherstone RoversHeadingley40–162Tue 5 Sep 1950Batley21–4Hull Kingston RoversMount Pleasant21–133Wed 6 Sep 1950Castleford2–4KeighleyWheldon Road 16–134Wed 6 Sep 1950Hunslet26–2Yorkshire AmateursParkside61–4YorksAm5Wed 6 Sep 1950York2–23Wakefield TrinityClarence Street6–666Tue 12 Sep 1950Hull2–2DewsburyBoulevard4–167Wed 13 Sep 1950Bradford Northern12–4HalifaxOdsal15–98Wed 13 Sep 1950Huddersfield39–5BramleyFartown60–27 Round 2 - quarterfinals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs All second round ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Mon 18 Sep 1950Leeds2–29HuddersfieldHeadingley2Tue 19 Sep 1950Batley10–8Wakefield TrinityMount Pleasant3Wed 20 Sep 1950Bradford Northern0–4CastlefordOdsal4Wed 20 Sep 1950Hunslet3–2DewsburyParkside Round 3 – semifinals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRef1Fri 6 Oct 1950Hunslet7–20HuddersfieldParkside2Tue 10 Oct 1950Batley2–2CastlefordMount Pleasant Round 3 – semifinals - Replay Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Both semi-final ties are played on a knock-out basis Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefRFri 13 Oct 1950Castleford13–9BatleyWheldon Road Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueaggAttRecNotesRefSaturday 4 November 1950Huddersfield16–3CastlefordHeadingley28,610£5,152The attendance is given as 28,610 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject but 28,906 by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 1991 Queen Anne Press 0 35617852 8Raymond Fletcher and David Howes Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 1990 Queen Anne Press 0 35617851 X Teams and scorers Huddersfield№Castleford teams Johnny Hunter1Ron LewisDick Cracknell2Reg LloydJim Bowden3George Broughton Jr.I W Clark4Percy AldredLionel Cooper5Len BrownRuss Pepperell6Arthur FisherBilly Banks7George LangfieldFrank Wagstaff8Joe AndersonJim Mundy9Jimmy JonesArthur Wilmot10Leo FlemingBob Nicholson11George HowardIke Owens12Leslie HaugheyDave Valentine13Frank Mugglestone??Coach?? 16score37HT3 Scorers Tries Russ Pepperell (2)TReg Lloyd (1) Goals James Bowden (5)GRefereeRon Gelder (Wakefield)Man of the MatchBilly Banks Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points Huddersfield RL Heritage 1950–51 http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Club/Players'%20Records/Huddersfield%201950-51.pdf The road to success All the ties in the first round were played on a two leg (home and away) basis. For the first round ties, the first club named in each of the ties played the first leg at home. For the first round ties, the scores shown are the aggregate score over the two legs. First round Second round Semifinals Final Yorkshire Amateurs 4 Hunslet 61 Dewsbury 16 Hull 4 Featherstone Rovers 16 Leeds 40 Bramley 27 Huddersfield 61 Hull Kingston Rovers 13 Batley 21 Wakefield Trinity 66 York 6 Halifax 9 Bradford Northern 15 Keighley 13 Castleford 16 Hunslet 3 Dewsbury 2 Leeds 2 Huddersfield 29 Batley 10 Wakefield Trinity 8 Bradford Northern 0 Castleford 4 Hunslet 7 Huddersfield 20 Batley 2 (9) Castleford 2 (13) Huddersfield 16 Castleford 3 See also 1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups Notes References External links Saints Heritage Society https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024842/http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=9 2 March 2012 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123900/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=319 2 February 2014 Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org Category:1950 in English rugby league Category:RFL Yorkshire Cup